Maxtor SERIAL ATA HARD DRIVE Installation Manual page 17

D. New Windows 2000 or XP System or Replacing a Failed 2000 or XP Boot Drive
Before you begin. The SATA host driver for motherboards with embedded SATA controllers, or non Maxtor branded SATA
hosts, are typically contained on an installation CD that is included with the motherboard or add-in controller. The SATA host
drivers must first be extracted to a floppy disk before installing the operating system. Drivers for Maxtor-branded SATA cards
can be downloaded from the Worldwide Support section at www.maxtor.com or extracted to floppy from the bootable
MaxBlast CD. Boot your system from the MaxBlast CD.
1. Boot your system from your Windows installation CD. If you have trouble booting to the Windows XP CD,
see Maxtor Knowledge Base Article #855 at www.maxtor.com.
2. When prompted by the Windows installer to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver, press the F6 key
then S when prompted, to specify additional devices.
3. Insert the SATA driver floppy and press Enter.
4. Follow the on-screen prompts to finish installing Windows, then continue to "Set the Boot Sequence (New
boot drive only)" on page 15.
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